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This accessibility statement applies to the Marshall Scholarship website at www.marshallscholarship.org.

This website is run by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings
  • zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

We have also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • many of our PDF documents do not have a document title, so screen reader users may hear the file name instead of a meaningful description of the document
  • many of our PDF documents are not tagged, so screen reader users may not be given the headings, lists, tables and reading order they need to navigate the document

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact our webmaster:

  • email: webmaster@marshallscholarship.org
  • write to: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission, 1 Redman Place, Stratford, London E20 1JQ, United Kingdom

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, email webmaster@marshallscholarship.org.

We will consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Many of the PDF documents on this website, including the application statement forms, do not have a document title set in their document properties. Screen reader and magnifier users may therefore be given the file name rather than a meaningful description of the document, and cannot easily tell documents apart. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.2 (page titled).

Many of the PDF documents on this website are not tagged, or are not tagged correctly. This means the structure of the document — its headings, lists, tables and reading order — is not passed to assistive technology, so a screen reader user cannot navigate the document or rely on the order in which its content is read out. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships).

The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission is responsible for these documents. We are reviewing every PDF on the website. Documents we still need will be re-published with a document title and correct tagging, or replaced with accessible web pages; documents we no longer need will be removed. A date by which we aim to complete this work by will be added here once agreed.

Any new PDFs or documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services. Some of the older policy and governance documents on this website were published before that date. If you need one of these documents in an accessible format, email webmaster@marshallscholarship.org and we will provide it within 10 working days.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

In July and August 2026 we fixed the following problems found in our audit:

  • the website footer contained a large number of links that were not visible on the page but could still be reached with a keyboard. Keyboard users lost sight of where they were on the page, and the links gave no indication of where they led. This failed WCAG 2.2 success criteria 2.4.7 (focus visible), 2.4.4 (link purpose (in context)) and 4.1.2 (name, role, value)
  • the search and menu controls in the website header had no name that a screen reader could announce. This failed WCAG 2.2 success criteria 2.4.4 (link purpose (in context)) and 4.1.2 (name, role, value)
  • the cookie message shown when you first visit the website did not keep keyboard focus inside it. At 200% and 400% zoom, keyboard users could move to links that were hidden behind the message. This failed WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.11 (focus not obscured (minimum))

We will continue to test the website against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard when we make significant changes to it, and we will update this statement as we fix the remaining problems listed above.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 30 June 2026. It was last reviewed on 14 August 2026.

This website was last tested on 15 June 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by Thornacre Engineering Ltd. A full audit of the website was carried out against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard, using a combination of automated testing tools and manual checks. The manual checks included navigating each page using only a keyboard, viewing pages at up to 400% zoom and in mobile view, and testing with a screen reader. This audit followed remediation, also carried out by Thornacre Engineering Ltd, of all issues identified in the Government Digital Service accessibility monitoring report of 12 June 2026.

The website problems found in that audit were fixed by Thornacre Engineering Ltd in July and August 2026. The PDF document problems described above have not yet been fixed.